Baseball in Ireland

In 1962, Clive Butterworth brought two United States Air Force baseball teams to Waterford for an exhibition game.

Within a few years, Butterworth's declining health led to the end of organised baseball in Ireland for nearly three decades.

They also competed in the European championships held in Vienna in Austria, Stockholm, Karlovac, Abranches, Antwerp, Barcelona and Ljubljana.

What began with a few friends playing pickup games on football and rugby fields in Dublin and Greystones, soon grew into a small league.

[10] In the years since, baseball has spread elsewhere Ireland, being played in Ashbourne, Clones, County Cork, Shankhill, Greystones, Dublin and Belfast.

[11] The Irish cadet team (13–18) played in a Dutch tournament held in Alphen aan den Rijn Netherlands.[when?]